How to listen for document events that user triggers while palette window is open

[aandk]

Hello all,

Is there a way to listen for document events that the user triggers while a palette window is open?

I have looked at the documentation for something like `document.addEventLister` or something, but I have not found anything.

For example, I want to listen for the Paint Brush Tool and update my open palette window ui based on that.

Here is what I have tried:

var isDone, s2t, waitForRedraw, win, windowResource;

var count = 0;

var document;

// Shortcut function

s2t = function(stringID) {

  return app.stringIDToTypeID(stringID);

};

waitForRedraw = function() {

  var d;

  d = new ActionDescriptor();

  d.putEnumerated(s2t('state'), s2t('state'), s2t('redrawComplete'));

  return executeAction(s2t('wait'), d, DialogModes.NO);

};

//sentinel variable

isDone = false;

windowResource = "palette {  \    orientation: 'column', \    alignChildren: ['fill', 'top'],  \    preferredSize:[130, 130], \    text: 'Brush Stroke Counter 1.0',  \    margins:15, \    \    sliderPanel: Panel { \        orientation: 'row', \        alignChildren: 'right', \        margins:15, \        text: ' Brush Stroke Count ', \        st: StaticText { text: '0', characters: 5, justify: 'left'} \        } \    \    bottomGroup: Group{ \        cd: Checkbox { text:'Count Enabled', value: true }, \        cancelButton: Button { text: 'Close', properties:{name:'cancel'}, size: [120,24], alignment:['right', 'center'] }, \    }\}";

win = new Window(windowResource);

// Button listeners

win.bottomGroup.cancelButton.onClick = function() {

  return isDone = true;

};

win.onClose = function() {

  return isDone = true;

};

win.show();

activeDocument.addEventListener("Pnt ", function(){

     alert("I'm painting!");

});

while (isDone === false) {

     //listen for user painting here?

  alert(app.currentTool);

  app.refresh(); // or, alternatively, waitForRedraw();

}

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you

[Akash Sharma]

Moving to Photoshop Scripting​

[JJMack]

https://forums.adobe.com/search.jspa?place=%2Fplaces%2F1383833&sort=updatedDesc&q=Palette+Window